capel

See also: Capel, Capel., and capèl

English

Alternative forms

• caple

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪpəl/

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• Rhymes: -eɪpəl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus.

Noun

capel (plural capels)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of caple (horse)

Etymology 2

Noun

capel (uncountable)

1. (mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

Etymology 3

Noun

capel (plural capels)

1. Alternative form of kappal (“ship”)

Anagrams

• Caple, Place, caple, clape, place

Highland Popoluca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish café.

Noun

capel

1. coffee

Derived terms

• capelpoot́i

References

• Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 12

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh capel, borrowed from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of Latin cappa (“cloak, cape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapɛl/

Noun

capel m (plural capeli or capelau or capelydd or capeloedd)

1. chapel
2. nonconformist meetinghouse or chapel

Synonyms

• betws

Derived terms

• Capel Bangor
• Capel Curig

Mutation

Mutated forms of capel

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
capel	gapel	nghapel	chapel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “capel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies